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Will the Fort Worth author's fourth novel bring her the attention she deserves?

Reboot emphasizes Justin’s reoccurring preoccupations—faith, fanaticism, utopia—and warps them into a genre-defying, video-game-inspired novel of the present. On a gorgeous spring day, I spoke with Justin on the phone about anarchy, the rewards of literary criticism, the lineage of a teacher, and Garielle Lutz.

The pen is mightier than the sword. But for some writers, both objects hold equal fascination. Take Amir Khusrau and Babur. Or Samudragupta from an earlier time. Or Valmiki if we go mythological, who is said to have been the fierce bandit Ratnakar, adept with the bow and arrow before taking up the quill.

The author recommends works by Italo Calvino, Evan S. Connell, and more

The anthology “Burn Man” selects from decades of Mark Anthony Jarman’s work, bringing the writer’s lush and searing stories to new readers.